Dodgers     Angels   12.05 p.m. PT     Tempe, Az. CF Puig    RF  Calhoun C  Ellis   CF Trout  SS Ramirez    3B Freese  1B  Gonzalez   …

On Monday, Baseball Prospectus published an article introducing new methodology to quantify the impact of catcher framing. Dan Brooks and Harry Pavlidis collaborated to create the numbers, which they have been …

Age   IP K/9 BB/9 ERA FIP xFIP WAR Kenley Jansen 26 2013 (Dodgers) 76.2 13.03 2.11 1.88 1.99 2.06 2.2 ’14 ZiPS 70.2 13.82 2.72 1.91 1.96 – 1.7 …

After the first four games of spring training, we’ve only seen Alex Guerrero on defense for ten innings. That’s way too small of a sample to make any judgement of …

Putting together the spring training batting statistics run-down was fun, so I’ve prepared a companion post for pitching statistics. The goal of the batting history post was to illustrate that …

With spring training games fast approaching, we’ll undoubtedly start seeing some interesting stat lines among the Dodgers’ hitters. While everybody remembers Yasiel Puig‘s amazing spring training performance from last season, …

Age   BA OBP SLG wOBA wRC+ WAR Carl Crawford 32 2013 (Dodgers) .283 .329 .407 .322 108 2.9 ’14 ZiPS .266 .308 .412 .314 N/A 1.5 ’14 Steamer .274 …

Earlier today, Don Mattingly made some waves when he said the following about the Dodgers’ second-base situation: I like platoons because, basically, it gets you good matchups if you get …

Age   BA OBP SLG wOBA wRC+ WAR Hanley Ramirez 30 2013 (Dodgers) .345 .402 .638 .442 191 5.1 ’14 ZiPS .276 .342 .486 .357 N/A 3.8 ’14 Steamer .279 …

Chris Withrow had a surprisingly good season in 2013. After being stuck in AA for over three years, he managed to make an impact at the major league level, which …